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Tourism boost for Peru

Grammar

inaccessibility

very difficult or impossible to travel to or to reach

Inca

the ancient civilisation and tribe from the Andean mountain region of South America

stranded

unable to leave a place because of a problem such as not having any transport or money or here, because of very bad weather

flash floods

sudden and severe flooding (caused by water filling or covering an area in a way that causes problems)

a host of

a lot of

archaeological sites

places that are important or significant because we can study them and learn about people, places and cultures of the past

accounts for some

is responsible for almost

revenue

income or money that an organisation (here the Peruvian government) receives regularly

predicted

said that an event (the reopening again of Machu Picchu) will happen in the future

unscathed

was not affected or damaged